In 2002 the Americans produced a bumper crop, and are forecast to sell 2.2 million tons of cotton on the international market.

BBC: South Africans cut their cloth

On Oct. 8, when the Agriculture Department cut its forecast for the US corn crop, shares of Tyson, the chicken producer, dropped 6%.

FORBES: Fight Food Inflation, Feast On Famine

OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - The most extensive drought in five decades has left corn plants withered and dying, and crop yields in the largest producing states will be much lower than experts have forecast, scouts said on Friday as they completed a U.S. Midwest crop tour.

MSN: Drought slashes Midwest corn crop

The USDA lowered its forecast of Australia's wheat crop by 2% to 25 million metric tons to reflect recent flooding.

WSJ: Grain Prices Soar as U.S. Slashes Outlook

The National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia, or Fedecafe, isn't giving a firm forecast for next year's crop, saying estimates are hard to make given the large amount of rain that came down this winter.

WSJ: Trouble Brews in Colombia